Membership Application
Please find the "Membership application form 2009" below the Additional Downloads heading. Click on link to download, complete form and fax to (021) 975 0468.
Contact Info
Tel: 021 976-4691
Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery
Address: 10 Wellington Road - Durbanville
Email: rustenvrede@telkomsa.net
How to Find Us
On the N1 from the City
Take the Durbanville offramp (exit 23) R302
Turn LEFT into Willie van Schoor Ave, which becomes Durban Rd.
(It takes you past Tyger Valley Centre.)
You stay on this road for approximately 7 km.
Turn RIGHT into Wellington Rd.
Approximately 300m into Wellington Rd (before you get to the first set of robots that crosses Wellington Rd) you will find Checkers on your left and Rust-en-Vrede directly opposite. (There is a paved area with trees, a green fence surrounding a park/garden with a Cape Dutch building recessed in the park – THAT’S US – entry is on the side, not the front door!)v
Artist Info
PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR A POSSIBLE EXHIBITION AT THE RUST-EN-VREDE GALLERY
Thank you for expressing interest in exhibiting at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery. In order to facilitate this process, this is the procedure:
1. Rust-en-Vrede Gallery has a selection committee who meet once a month (usually the last Tuesday of every month) to review works submitted for possible exhibitions.
2. You need to submit 3 to 6 original works for review. This must be your most RECENT work or PREFERABLY the work that you wish to exhibit at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery. You are welcome to supplement your originals with visuals (see point number 3).
3. If you live too far away, or if the work is too heavy / large for transport, then you may submit 10 to 12 visuals of the relevant works. These may be photographs, slides, or colour photocopies, BUT they must be annotated with the title of the work, medium used, dimensions and intended selling price (where possible).
4. Your submission must also include your updated art related CV, as well as a short proposal or concept of your proposed exhibition, i.e. a motivation for your exhibition focusing on theme, intention and aims. If you only want your work approved for possible group exhibitions, or for a small solo in Salon C (the entrance room), please state so on your proposal.
5. The selection committee’s decision as to exhibitions is based on their majority vote. The decision of the selection committee is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
6. You need to be aware that if your work is accepted, in some cases, you may have to wait for one year or more for a show at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery.
7. Should your work be accepted for a solo exhibition, you will need to sign a contract with Rust-en-Vrede Gallery concerning your show here.
8. Be advised that there are some expenses involved in having an exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery. Please enquire about these once you have been accepted for an exhibition.
9. For all enquiries, please contact Monica Ross on 021 976-4691.
10. For your convenience below is a copy of the Main Gallery Layout with all measurements in millimetres.
The Durbanville Cultural Society
The Durbanville Cultural Society is a non-profit organisation and the Lessee of the Rust-en-Vrede property.
The Society was established in 1981 to assist the then Durbanville Municipality in the promotion of cultural activities. It was chaired by a local artist, Con Purchase, since passed away, who was instrumental in obtaining the building as an Arts and Cultural Centre. The centre was officially opened on 14 February 1984 by die Hon. E. Louw (Administrator of the Cape) with several hundred people attending. From that time onwards, many people from this community have actively been involved by serving on the various committees or as members of the Durbanville Cultural Society.
The Society has since been operational – as custodians of the first Clay Museum in South Africa - in promoting and supporting young and emerging artists by exhibiting their work - in offering art classes and workshops to promote cultural activity in the community - in organizing monthly craft markets where individuals can sell their works and thereby facilitating job creation.
The Durbanville Cultural Society, under the chairmanship of John Pope, employs a curator, Monica Ross and an office assistant, René Abrahams, to manage the daily affairs of the centre.